|
|
Loading... Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction (original 2012; edition 2013)| 254 | 13 | 105,053 | 
(3.64) | 1 | Horror.
Romance.
Short Stories.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML:Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Michael Grant, Meg Cabot, Laini Taylor, and nine more of the hottest YA authors to hit the shelves explore the concepts of prophecy and prediction in this story collection edited by NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan.
Have you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns. But is the future already writtenâ??or do you have the power to alter it?
From fantastical prophecies to predictions of how the future will transpire, Foretold is a collection of stories about our universal fascination with life's unknowns and of what is yet to come as interpreted by 14 of young adult fiction's brightest stars.
This collection includes works from:
Malinda Lo (Ash)
Lisa McMann (Wake)
Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)
Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)
Laini… (more) |
▾Book information ▾LibraryThing Recommendations ▾Will you like it?
Loading...
 Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 1 mention » Add other authors | Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | | Ryan, Carrie | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | | Brewer, Heather | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Cabot, Meg | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Elkeles, Simone | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Garcia, Kami | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Grant, Michael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Lo, Malinda | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | McMann, Lisa | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Mead, Richelle | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Mitchell, Saundra | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Peña, Matt de la | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Peterfreund, Diana | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Stohl, Margaret | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Taylor, Laini | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
▾Series and work relationships
|
|
| Canonical title |
|
| Original title |
|
| Alternative titles |
|
| Original publication date |
|
| People/Characters |
|
| Important places |
|
| Important events |
|
| Related movies |
|
| Epigraph |
|
| Dedication |
|
| First words |
|
| Quotations |
|
| Last words |
|
| Disambiguation notice |
|
| Publisher's editors |
|
| Blurbers |
|
| Original language |
|
| Canonical DDC/MDS |
|
| Canonical LCC |
|
▾References References to this work on external resources.  Wikipedia in English
None ▾Book descriptions Horror.
Romance.
Short Stories.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML:Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Michael Grant, Meg Cabot, Laini Taylor, and nine more of the hottest YA authors to hit the shelves explore the concepts of prophecy and prediction in this story collection edited by NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan.
Have you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns. But is the future already writtenâ??or do you have the power to alter it?
From fantastical prophecies to predictions of how the future will transpire, Foretold is a collection of stories about our universal fascination with life's unknowns and of what is yet to come as interpreted by 14 of young adult fiction's brightest stars.
This collection includes works from:
Malinda Lo (Ash)
Lisa McMann (Wake)
Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)
Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)
Laini ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
| Book description |
Contains: - Gentlemen Send Phantoms / Laini Taylor
- Burned Bright / Diana Peterfreund
- The Angriest Man / Lisa McMann
- Out of the Blue / Meg Cabot
- One True Love / Malinda Lo
- This is a Mortal Wound / Michael Grant
- Misery / Heather Brewer
- The Mind is a Powerful Thing / Matt de la Peña
- The Chosen One / Saundra Mitchell
- Improbable Futures / Kami Garcia
- Death for the Deathless / Margaret Stohl
- Fate / Simone Elkeles
- The Killing Garden / Carrie Ryan
- Homecoming / Richelle Mead
 | |
|
|
Current DiscussionsNone Google Books — Loading... |
)
)
1
"Gentleman Send Phantoms" by Laini Taylor
This was my first taste of Taylor's writing and she happened to write it in such a way that it reminded me of Mercedes Lackey's short "Lammas Night", which I adore. Three girl friends bake their wishes for the same man to be their future husband into a dream cake on St. Faith's Night, but maybe the results are not what any of them expect.
I really enjoyed this. It was pretty straight forward, you knew the outcome if not the method for getting there. Cathy (aka Pippin) was a likeable narrator if not altogether quick on the uptake. Matty also seemed everything the girls believed him to be, which in the end is what's important when its your one true person right? (